#AFAE3E#AFAE3E

#AFAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE3E
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 64.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -13.75, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 57.14, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0426 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.132 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6859, 39.7348, 10.4516)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE3E #3E3FAF

analogous

#AF763E #AFAE3E #78AF3E

triadic

#AFAE3E #3EAFAE #AE3EAF

tetradic

#AFAE3E #3EAF76 #3E3FAF #AF3E78

square

#AFAE3E #3EAF76 #3E3FAF #AF3E78

split-complementary

#AFAE3E #3E78AF #763EAF

monochromatic

#55541E #82812E #AFAE3E #C8C763 #D8D790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AFAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE3E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE3E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac579',
    500: '#afae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae3e;
$custom-light: #cac579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73044,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE3E

secondary

#8687C3

accent

#52D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE3E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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